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mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 6 years ago
The short story anthology Legends edited by Margaret Weis, the first collection of the Tales from the Eternal Archives, contains almost twenty stories of near above average quality loosing connected to one another through a mystical library, titular Eternal Archives. Although the majority of the ni...
Dreamer
Dreamer rated it 9 years ago
I enjoyed the Hari/Caine parts of the story, also the parts involving the man elf Deliann. BUT there is a hell of a lot of esoteric bullshit in this 738 page book which required some extensive skimming (perhaps I'm just shallow?) As Caine would say: '..yadda, yadda, yadda, horseshit.'"What if it's H...
Dreamer
Dreamer rated it 9 years ago
Wow, this was excellent, a rip-roaring epic fantasy with a brilliant premise. Hari Michaelson is an actor in the real world sent to the magical world of Ankhana. As Caine, he acts out adventures for the entertainment of the elite in their simichairs back on Earth. Why, WHY is this not a screenplay?A...
CarlAlves
CarlAlves rated it 12 years ago
Revenge of the Sith was one of my favorite Star Wars movie, ranking only behind The Empire Strikes Back. I was glad to listen to its novelization, expertly done by the remarkable Jonathan Davis. The audio version came with all sorts of special sound effects and the like. As a writer, I can imagine h...
Tyler's Blog
Tyler's Blog rated it 12 years ago
This is my favorite book in the New Jedi Order series. Stover is such a great writer; his prose flows really well. This book is all about Jacen and what happens when he's captured by the Yuuzhan Vong. It is really interesting to read about the Embrace of Pain, and learn a little more Yuuzhan Vong ba...
Pitter Patter of Little Thoughts
Pitter Patter of Little Thoughts rated it 12 years ago
Caine is thrown into another plot, this time one that builds off a minor plot point from the second book. He finds himself in the middle of a mystery concerning Knights of Khyrl, the Black Knives orgillo clan, a strange Shadow Hunt, a city of slavery, and a hidden stone of power. And obviously since...
Pitter Patter of Little Thoughts
Pitter Patter of Little Thoughts rated it 12 years ago
Hari finds himself in a comfortable failure. His life after his last adventure doesn't seem to have given him much happiness. And even though he "got the girl" and saved the world and was promoted to Administrator, his life isn't peachy and a happily ever after. On the contrary, it's pretty crappy t...
Pitter Patter of Little Thoughts
Pitter Patter of Little Thoughts rated it 12 years ago
What a refreshing story to read. It reads a little bit similar to Glen Cook's Black Company or Lynch's Lies of Locke Lamora because of the bloody descriptions of battle, intricate plot lines and very detailed first person perspective. Hari Michaelson is an Actor who lives in a vaguely dystopian worl...
Maybe Tomorrow
Maybe Tomorrow rated it 12 years ago
The issue I have with the Force is that the movies made everything so black and white. Give in to your hate and passion and poof, you’re dark side. The Sith have their code about killing all the things and power, and the Jedi have their code about not having sex and only killing all the things when ...
TheBecks
TheBecks rated it 13 years ago
So... This book. I'm gonna go with 2.5 stars here. I started this book a month and a half ago, give or take a couple days. It felt like I was reading it forever and ever... and there were times when I thought it would never end. To be fair, there was a lot going on in my life that made reading take ...
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